BUCHAREST, Romania – Alexandru Visinescu, a Romanian communist-era prison guard serving a 20-year sentence for crimes against humanity, died Monday in prison at 93, Romanian authorities said.

Alexandru Visinescu, a Romanian communist-era prison guard serving a 20-year sentence for crimes against humanity, died Monday in prison at 93, Romanian authorities said. Mr. Visinescu was the first ...

The former commander of one of the most notorious prisons under Romania's ousted Communist regime was given a 20-year jail term today. Alexandru Visinescu, 89, had been on trial since September on ...

BUCHAREST, Romania, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- The commander of a Communist-era prison is the first Romanian to face charges of genocide since former dictator Nicolae Ceausescu, prosecutors said. Prosecutors ...

Alexandru Visinescu has been accused of overseeing the Communist-era ‘extermination regime’ enforced at one of Romania’s most notorious prisons You can save this article by registering for free here.

The last surviving inmate from a notorious communist-era Romanian prison told a court Wednesday its one-time boss "must pay" for his cruelty at the jail where at least 14 died of cold and hunger.

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 20-year prison sentence for a 90-year-old communist-era prison guard convicted of crimes against humanity, the most ...

In this July 11, 2014, photo, a photograph showing retired Lt. Col. Alexandru Visinescu is displayed at his home in Bucharest, Romania. Bucharest, Romania: For the first time since communism collapsed ...

FILE - This Tuesday July 30, 2013 file photo shows retired Lt. Col. Alexandru Visinescu, 87, former commander of the Ramnicu Sarat prison from 1956 to 1963, looks at journalists as he enters his home ...